The Middle: The Royal Flush

As it is nearing Mother's Day, something is bound to go wrong, in this case, the toilet in the Heck's second bathroom is clogged up, rendering it useless. And the Hecks all forgot about Mother's Day. Sue (Eden Sher) comes to the rescue. She has found the perfect plan, win a trivia contest with Brick (Atticus Shaffer) where the prize is a trip to the royal wedding. They win the first round and make it to the next round, but then Sue needs to pee at an inopportune time and she misses a Taylor Swift trivia question, she bursts out in time and answers correctly but because Brick used his phone, they are disqualified.
The more important plot line is that Axl (Charlie McDermott) has a great opportunity; his former co-worker recommends that he interviews for a job for a national company but its in Denver. Mike (Neil Flynn) supports him but they agree to keep it a secret from Frankie (Patricia Heaton) which isn't easy especially since Mike nearly spills the beans several times.
But Axl arrives home in time for Mother's Day and they decide that they will all watch and pretend to enjoy the royal wedding with her. Which they are in the process of doing when Axl gets notice that the job is his for the taking. Frankie walks in mid-conversation and the episode ends. A cliff hanger. I wonder if Axl will take the job; he probably should, it sounds like a good opportunity. I wish finding a job for me had been that easy.
This was another solid episode and just when you think the Hecks have nailed a mother's day gift for mother's day after decades of disappointment, it is ruined. She will never get the recognition she deserves. Oh well. Still, good solid performances and we're down to the wire, only three episodes left, ever. Grade: B+
Side Notes:
-Axl believes that he and Mike should have broken with the rest of the family years ago.
-Frankie needs to put ice cream sandwiches under her boobs because she's reached that certain age.
-Brick has finally read all of the microfiche and it leaves a hole in his life.
-Brick has a new love, coupons and has organized them by font group.
-He also has a fake ID as one of the former members of font group has low scruples and that was how money was raised but then the kid got expelled. For the record, Brick voted in the last election.
-The group name Sue and Brick use is Heck Yeah, which is just a great group trivia name, though Trivia De Haviland is also great.
-If the kids won the trip, I wonder who Frankie would have taken?
-Driving for fourteen straight hours doesn't sound healthy.